Evergreen

Philo worked to reconcile Hellenism and the Hebrew Scriptures.

How amoraic study sessions became the Gemaras.

The emergence of amoraic schools of study.

These two institutions reflect the dynamism and the tensions in late antique Jewish society.

Revelations from God

The process and the product of the canonization of the Bible became the basis for a varied tradition of interpretation.

According to some interpreters, the Jews chose to be chosen.

Before the wedding, bride and groom are feted, the bride is veiled, and the groom dons a shroud-like garment.

The whys and hows of immersing in the Jewish ritual bath before going under the chuppah.

Contemporary couples are reinterpreting an old ceremony that set the financial and logistical arrangements for an upcoming marriage